Hair-pressing cap



Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,289

C. S. SANDERS HAIR PRESS ING GAP Filed March 16 1923 J @525.41m H5:

Patented Aug.' 19, 1924.

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HAR-PRESSING CAP.

application medA Marc-1i 1e', 192s. Serial No. 625,609.

To all whom it may concern.' i

Be it known that l, CHARLES S. SA'NVDERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at 417 lest Hoffman St., Baltimore city, State l ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHair-Pressing Caps, g

peripheries of heads of various sizes and shapes so as to bind and pressthe hair against the scalp for securing the hair in whatever shape andposition it has been ar-y ranged, and to assist the hair in becoming"and lower edges free, being ,between the stitching 7 and that whichholds the bind-` set to the desired position or shape.k

A further object of the invention is to provide a cap of this characterWhich is of comparatively simple construction, formed of few parts, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

lining being removed from its interior to show the connection of one ofits opposite' elastic elements or sheets; Fig. 2 is a tilted end View;Fig. 3 is an enlarged and exaggerated sectional view, the section beingalong the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in

which similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views: The cap preferably comprises an outer fabric l and aninner fabric or lining 2, preferably both of silk or satin, and abinding strip 3 is stitched to the parts l and 2 and secures their loweredges together, as shown. The cap is also preferably formed in twoprimarily separate sections, or provided with a median seam 4 whichunites the primarily separate halves of its inner and outer fabrics. p

Elastic elements or ysheets of rubber or combined rubber and fabric areshownat 5, these being inserted between the inner and outer fabrics atopposite sides of the cap, or at opposite sides of the median seam 4 lwhich latter 7extends the vertical median plane from front to rear ofthe cap.y The l vertical edges ,of `the elastic rsheets are stitched at@preferably with doublerows yof stitching,.and this stitching' extendsthroughy theinnerand outer fabrics as well as through the elasticelements. A row of stitchingfr l may also. extend horizontally fromthestitchings 6 of:,each pair which ysecure the opposite ends yof eachelastic or retractile element 5 to the inner and outer fabrics; but thestitching 7 is made before the folds 8 are formed, these folds beingrformed by the retraction vof the elastic elements, or by anyappropriate means for permitting the elastic elements to be stretched orextended in the horizontal direction or along ythe line 3-3. It shouldbe understood that they elastic elements have their upper ing 3 inpla-ce; f f

the lower periphery of the cap can be stretched so as to fit much largerheads than it fits when contracted, and that when it has been adjustedyon any head larger than its kminimum periphery, it automaticallykretracts and yconforms to the horizontal periphery of the head. Thiscontraction takes effect. also in the horizontal central part of thecap, as well as in its lower part, in view of the fact that the elasticsheets extend up to said'horizontal central part or plane. guide forplacing the elastic parts of the cap on corresponding parts of oppositesides of a personsl head, so that a substantially equal `pressure is`exerted on these corresponding parts, and the hair on the opposite sidesof the head is pressed alike.

Apertures orvents 9 are formed throng the fabrics l and 2, inregistering pairs,

The "median seam 4 serves as a and circular series of stitches 10 are arf to the exact construction and arrangement here shown, but changes maybe made within the scope of the inventive idea as implied and claimed..f

What I claim as my invention is: A 1. The hair-pressing cap whichincludes av crown formed of an outer fabric and -an inner fabric, andtw'o elastic sheets between outer fabrics' being provided with pucker'srorfolds at theelastic sheets to permit these opposite sides to beexpanded and contracted, said elastic sheets being eective to cause thecontraction of these sides for the purpose of holding and pressing thehair of the wearer. l y i y 2. The hair-'pressing vcap which includes amedian sea-in extending from fronty to rear, also including inner and`outer kfabrics each provided with normally folded portions, and twosheets of elastic material between the outer and'inner fabrics at points"in `a vertical plane which intersects said 'seain at its middl`e thevertical edges of these elastic sheets being secured to said inner andouter fabrics while the upper and lower edges are free and extendbetween said folded portions, lsubstantially as described and shown, forthe purpose specified.

`3. The hair-pressing cap which vincludes a crown formed of an outerfabric and an inner fabric, and an elastic sheet between and secured tothe outer and inner fabrics at one side of the cap, the inner and outerfabrics being` provided with puclers or folds at the elastic sheet topermit this sideto be expanded and contracted, said elastic sheet beingeffective to cause thecontraction of the sides for the purpose ofholding and pressing the hair ofthe wearer. i

In testimony whereof I affix iny signature.

CHARLES s. sANDERs.

